Professor Carrie Bramen's new book American
Niceness (Harvard UP, 2017) was just released in August,
and people are already taking note. Follow these links to
read reviews of the book in The
New Yorker and Times
Higher Education.
has had two books appear in print this summer: Cultural
Translation in Ashkenaz: The Emergence of Early Yiddish
Literature (Indiana University Press) and A Guide to Old
Literary Yiddish (Oxford University Press).
Bruce Jackson’s 1964-67 recordings of African American
work songs in a Texas prison are now the basis for a play called
“The B-Side,” by NYC’s Wooster Group.
Congratulations to Bruce and Diane, who are receiving
“Philanthropy” awards from the National Federation for
Just Communities, as part of the “Community Leaders
Awards.”
Congratulations to Rachel Ablow, who will be taking over the
editorship of the journal Victorian Literature and Culture,
along with Daniel Hack (University of Michigan).
